[jwparkerjr]

IMHO, we conservatives have nothing to lose. Face it, we don’t like the lame choices they force on us so we aren’t out anything if we hold out for the candidate of our choice. The GOP has a lot more to lose by refusing to embrace conservatives than we do by trying to keep their feet to the fire.

I wish I could figure out why they think it worked in 1996 but won’t work now. We’ve tried it their way for nearly 20 years now and it’s gotten nowhere.

[CottonBall]

The GOP has a lot more to lose by refusing to embrace conservatives than we do by trying to keep their feet to the fire.

I was hoping they'd figure that out from the 2008 elections. You're right in that they haven't learned much since the Contract with America. Time will tell if they ever do :(